Arsenal must forget about Chelsea and focus on the Champions League

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has called on his team to forget their victory over Chelsea and focus on qualifying for the knockout stages of the Champions League with a win over Marseille.

Arsene Wenger does not want Arsenal to get distracted by their big victory against Chelsea (Picture: PA)

After a dreadful start to the season, the Gunnersâ renaissance hit a new peak with a 5-3 win over the Blues on Saturday, and they can now all butÂ secure qualification from Group F if they beat Marseille and Olympiacos fail to win at Borussia Dortmund.

Wenger said: âWe have now to forget about Chelsea, carry on and prove we can keep doing the job.

âOur job is to forget about the last game, take the positives out of it, and focus on the next one just as we had to do when we lost 8-2 to Manchester United. We want just to qualify.â

The Chelsea win moved Arsenal to within three points of the Premier Leagueâs top four and even led to suggestions the Gunners are title contenders, but Wenger cautioned: âWe need much more consistency in our results before we can claim that.â

Fit-again defender Thomas Vermaelen looks set to start his first match after two months out and Wenger hinted he might not rest Stamford Bridge hat-trick hero Robin van Persie.

âItâs hard to take a player out when he is playing so well,â Wenger said.

âItâs very hard to explain to the team that youâre leaving out Van Persie when he has scored so many. He is kind of a victim of his success.â